Karen Bentley Pollick Violin Recital

Description

Evergreen violinist/violist Karen Bentley Pollick will debut with Russian composer/pianist Ivan Sokolov in recital at Church of the Hills Presbyterian in Evergreen, Colorado on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm.  Sokolov’s sonorous Solnechnaya Sonata for Violin and Piano and hypnotic Viola Sonata are featured repertoire from their duo CD  along with duos by Czech composer Jan Vičar and Swedish composer Ole Saxe.  Also on the program are Sokolov’s profound Elegie for Solo Viola and transcendent In The Heaven for Solo Piano, andFour Preludes by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The program will be repeated on the Summit Music and Arts Concert Series at Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Dillon, Colorado on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:00 pm. 

Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:00 pm

Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church

56 Highway 6,  Dillon, Colorado (directions)  

http://www.summitmusicandarts.org/

For more information about the performers:

http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3378.html

http://www.kbentley.com/

Read about Karen in the September, 2011 issue of 

http://www.kbentley.com/onthatnote.pdf

and on Chris McGovern's blog The Glass:

http://chrismcgovernmusic.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/musicians-karen-bentley-pollick/

review excerpts:

“Tired of the same old warhorses rehashed year after year?  Amberwood is a richly satisfying collection that offers an invigorating foursome of contemporary works that show just how original a string player can get when committed to bringing great new music to the world.”

Strings   December, 2007

“Both works show Sokolov’s credentials as a latter-day Rachmaninov, relishing succulent piano textures, while treating the respective string instrument idiomatically.  Sokolov’s partnership with Karen Bentley Pollick is closely-knit, and she – a violinist – seems to feel quite at home on the larger instrument as well.  (Indeed, the dark tone of her Vuillaume violin seems to suggest an affinity!) The whole CD, which is very attractively recorded and presented, demonstrates that it is quite possible to write good tunes in the 21^st Century.”

Journal of the American Viola Society, Volume 24, Number 1

“Frequent cooperation of the musicians is apparent from their harmony. Ivan Sokolov is accompanying very sensitively and Karen Bentley Pollick performs consummately in her role as soloist.”

Harmonie No. 7, 2008